Carl Paladino’s openly gay nephew, Jeff Hannon — whom the former gubernatorial candidate pointed to as proof that he’s no homophobe — attended Mayor Bloomberg’s fund-raiser last night for the four Republican state senators who voted for New York’s marriage equality bill. Hannon was a guest of Sen. Mark Grisanti, joining senators James Alesi, Stephen Saland and Roy McDonald at the event, which aimed to raise about $1 million for the politicos. Hannon, 24 — who at the time was a Paladino campaign staffer — was publicly embarrassed last year after his uncle made homophobic-sounding comments during his ill-fated run for governor. Paladino caused an uproar when he told congregants at a Brooklyn synagogue that he didn’t want kids “brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality” was acceptable. Hannon continued to work for Paladino’s real estate business in his hometown of Buffalo, but recently quit and moved to New York this week, where he is currently job hunting.